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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
'''William Parry Crake''' (11 February 1852 – 1 December 1921), sometimes known as '''William Parry''',<ref name = "Warsop70">{{cite book |last= Warsop|first= Keith|title= The Early FA Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs|year= 2004|publisher= SoccerData|isbn= 1-899468-78-1|page=70 }}</ref> was an English amateur [[association football|footballer]] who won the inaugural [[FA Cup]] with the [[Wanderers F.C.|Wanderers]] in [[1872 FA Cup Final|1872]] and played for the English XI against Scotland in the [[England v Scotland representative matches (1870–1872)|representative matches]] between 1870 and 1872. By profession, he was a merchant in India.

==Family and education==
Crake was born in [[Madras]], India where his father had been in business. He was educated at [[Harrow School]] between 1866 and 1870. At Harrow, he was a member of the school football team in 1868 and 1869; he also played [[cricket]] for the school in his last two years.<ref name = "Warsop70"/>

On 2 April 1881, he married Emily Noble Chase in Madras; they had two sons:<ref>{{cite web|title=Emily Noble Chase |url=http://www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry/rand.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030224165044/http://www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry/rand.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=24 February 2003 |work=The Genealogy of the Rand Family |publisher=www.kittybrewster.com |access-date=15 March 2011}}</ref>
*[[Ralph Crake|Ralph Hamilton Crake]] (1882–1952), who became a Lieutenant Colonel in the [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]] and was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order|D.S.O.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Marjorie Noel Marrow|url=http://www.archerfamily.org.uk/family/marrow.htm|work=Marrow Family History|publisher=www.archerfamily.org|access-date=15 March 2011}}</ref> He played two [[first-class cricket]] matches, the first in 1901 and the last in 1921.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ralph Hamilton Crake|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13234/13234.html|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=15 March 2011}}</ref>
*[[Eric Crake|Eric Hamilton Crake]] (1886–1948), who made one first-class cricket appearance for [[Marylebone Cricket Club|M.C.C.]] in 1912.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Hamilton Crake|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28804/28804.html|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=15 March 2011}}</ref>

==Football career==
He played football for several clubs, including the [[Barnes Club]], [[Harrow Chequers]] and the [[Wanderers F.C.|Wanderers]]. He played as a forward and was described in the 1873 ''[[Football Annual]]'' as "a very neat dribbler, slow but certain" and "very useful on the side".<ref name = "Cavallini 87">{{cite book | title=The Wanderers F.C. – "Five times F.A. Cup winners"|last= Cavallini|first= Rob | publisher= Dog N Duck Publications |year=2005| isbn=0-9550496-0-1|pages=87–88}}</ref> He made his debut for the Wanderers on 5 January 1870 at [[Crystal Palace F.C. (1861)|Crystal Palace]], having been introduced to the club by [[Edward Ernest Bowen|E. E. Bowen]], a master at Harrow School.

In March 1870, he and Bowen were selected for the first [[England v Scotland representative matches (1870–1872)|unofficial international match]] between an English XI and a team representing Scotland, which had been arranged by another Old Harrovian, [[C. W. Alcock]].<ref>{{cite web|title=England 1 Scotland 1|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1872-00/1869-70/M00UOSco1870.html|work=England Unofficial Matches|publisher=englandfootballonline|access-date=15 March 2011|date=5 March 1870}}</ref> One match report said that Crake "deserved no little praise for the energy of [his] following-up throughout the game".<ref>{{cite web|title=England 1 Scotland 1 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1870/1870030503.htm|publisher=www.londonhearts.com|access-date=15 March 2011|page=3|date=5 March 1870}}</ref> He also played for England in the matches played in November 1870 <ref>{{cite web|title=England 1 Scotland 0 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1870/1870111906.htm|publisher=www.londonhearts.com|access-date=15 March 2011|page=6|date=19 November 1870}}</ref> and February 1871 (listed as a member of the Barnes Club) <ref>{{cite web|title=England1 Scotland 1 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1871/1871022503.htm|publisher=www.londonhearts.com|access-date=15 March 2011|page=3|date=25 February 1871}}</ref> and November 1871 (now with Harrow Chequers).<ref>{{cite web|title=England 2 Scotland 1 |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1871/1871111802.htm|publisher=www.londonhearts.com|access-date=15 March 2011|page=2|date=18 November 1871}}</ref>

In [[1871–72 FA Cup|1871]], Wanderers were one of 15 clubs who entered the inaugural [[FA Cup]] competition. Wanderers reached [[1872 FA Cup Final|the final]] where they met a side from the [[Royal Engineers A.F.C.|Royal Engineers]]. Crake played as one of eight forwards as Wanderers claimed the trophy for the first of five times, with the single goal coming from [[Morton Betts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wanderers 1 Royal Engineers 0|url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1872.html|work=FA Cup Final 1872|publisher=www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk|access-date=15 March 2011|date=16 March 1872}}</ref>

Crake continued to play for the Wanderers until 1874, making a total of 23 appearances with three goals.<ref name = "Cavallini 87"/>

==Cricket career==
Crake was a keen cricketer who played for various clubs, including [[Marylebone Cricket Club|M.C.C.]] and the [[Free Foresters]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Teams William Crake played for |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/436/436031/all_teams.html |publisher=www.cricketarchive.com|access-date=15 March 2011}}</ref> In June 1868, aged 16, he played for the M.C.C. against his own school.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harrow School v Marylebone Cricket Club|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/246/246621.html|publisher=www.cricketarchive.com|access-date=15 March 2011|date=11 June 1868}}</ref>

==Professional career==
By the end of the 1870s, Crake had returned to India and set up as a merchant. Following his retirement in 1892, he returned to England to live in Norfolk Crescent, near [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], London where he died on 1 December 1921, aged 69.<ref name = "Warsop70"/><ref name = "Cavallini 87"/> He was buried at [[Kensal Green Cemetery]].<ref name = "Warsop70"/>

==Honours==
'''Wanderers'''
*[[FA Cup]] winners: [[1872 FA Cup Final|1872]]

==References==
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[[Category:1852 births]]
[[Category:1921 deaths]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Barnes Football Club players]]
[[Category:England men's representative footballers (1870–1872)]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Chennai]]
[[Category:Harrow Chequers F.C. players]]
[[Category:People educated at Harrow School]]
[[Category:Wanderers F.C. players]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]

William Crake - Revision history

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